The new features add on to its existing "teen accounts" and make it easier to block users, while adult-run accounts of children get further restrictions.

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Meta has a new round of safety features for teen users and related accounts in its continued crackdown on "exploitive content."

Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram rolled out new safety features for kids on Wednesday – while admitting that it was forced to block nearly 135,000 accounts earlier this year for engaging in predatory

Meta says most accounts featuring children are used in innocent ways, such as by parents sharing family life or managers promoting young talent.

Instagram is rolling out significant changes to its algorithm and safety features. The main goal is to directly address long-standing concerns about protecting younger users and accounts that prominently feature children.

In a story published earlier this week, a site called “NYC Journals” claimed to have a bombshell: that Instagram had suspended the account of New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani for being “too socialist.”

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